Just to clarify my point re-Kylie and JP although we ended the season in fine form and had some good games (Manly CC semi) where both were integral and fulfilled their roles far too often they looked their age and got battered
Imo at the very least 1 wont be here beyond this season so i say lets start rotating both now.
Maybe on a game by game basis is too regular but i honestly think Griffin should get more gametimne and i think Bailey should be back at Prop and hopefully Singleton will get chances to be in the 17 when he returns from wakey.
Not only that its clear that Mc still rates Kirke so he's bound to get some gametime so that's enough to regular rotate and give the 2 older props more time off.
Whatever views are we cant keep pushing JP for an hour a game he loses consistency as was proved last year play offs aside.

P.S I forgot about Moore aswell and given the new u 19 rules id expect him to get more gametime with a better rotation policy.

Yeah, we have the options, but I just think the quality drops off massively after the front 2. Im not sure I would rotate them weekly, as others have said, but I would maybe think about bringing Leuluai off of the bench and starting Bailey or Griffin. Rest them maybe once every 4/5 weeks too, but obviously not at the same time.

I've never come away from a game complaining about a high error count from Kirke. I've never come away from a game where Kirk amassed a high count in any areas of the game.

He finished the season last year as Leeds highest victim of being knocked out. With 3 IIRC.

Suck on that.

Wire...Hull and Huddersfield.

Aaaaaah.

All away as well. Oooooh.

I have nothing further.

For now.

There is always pressure on us as champions to win every match, and quite rightly so. But there will be big expectations on the Hull side, how many false dawns have they had in recent seasons. But with Ellis in the side and no major problems they are fully expecting big things, pehraps even a win this Friday . I would think we should have enough skill and commitment to overcome hull, but I don't think it will be easy.

During the SL Era it's happened twice in seventeen seasons. Both times at Headingley, both times to 18 - 22 results.

V Warrington in 1996 and V Wakefield in 2000. (Leeds also lost a week one fixture at home to Castleford in 2010 but Leeds had already opened their season with a week 4 win at the Racecourse Ground - brought forward to create space for the WCC.)

Hull's opening round record is Won 7, Lost 6 with 2 Draws.

Leeds have only met Hull once in the opening round of a SL season (2005 - when they arrived at the KC Stadium as World Club Champions for the first time in their history) and came away with a damp, hard-fought 16 - 12 victory.

I really hope McShane gets a regular lengthy opportunity to perform as the weekly interchange player this season (at least as much as Lunt). .....with Hood stepping up if either Burrow or McShane get injured.

And I know I sound like a broken record but Singleton should at least be ahead of Kirke this season for a prop position.

In fact I would put Ryan Hall ahead of Kirke for same position

Hardaker

Vickery
Watkins
Moon
Hall

Sinfield
Mags

Peacock
Burrow
Bailey
Jjb
Delaney
Ablett

Bench
ACHURCH
Griffin
Mcshane
Clarkson

Knowing my predictive powers the above team. Will be nothing like the one we field. Really looking forward to the new season. Hull look a lot better team than last year